First Black elected to Muncie City Council in 1971, four year term. He was reelected in 1975 and served with 6th District Councilman Daniel Kelley, Jr. The only time in the city's history that two black councilmen served at the same time.

Pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church. Rev. Williams was actively involved in the Civil Rights movement in Muncie during the 1950's & 1960's. First serious black candidate for Mayor of Muncie as "Poor People's Party Candidate"